Class is officially over! Congratulations! Welcome to our AP Literature and Composition page!
Monday we will begin our Socratic Seminar Week. Each of you will be required to discuss, in a SS format, a [[#|work]] of Literature which we have studied this year. This will prepare you for debates, coming in the next two weeks. Thais will begin on Monday with a SS over Kate Chopin's A Story Of An Hour.
We are now beginning our countdown to the AP Exam! We are spending the majority of [[#|our time]] practicing to pass the AP Exam with a 5! We will be meeting everyday after school this week and this weekend as well. Please let me know if you plan to attend ahead of time.
Three days until " T" day! Today we will focus on every essay, both prose and poetry, that have ever appeared on the AP Lit Exam! We will look at WH Auden's poem, Law, Like Love, and respond in class. POEM
Essay Questions from AP Central: Write 3 essays from any of the [[#|free]] response questions listed, and email to me on Sunday evening.
Take as many of these practice tests as possible over the holiday! Current Unit EO9 TSW'sCompleted Unit 10-
1. The Student Will perform under testing conditions sample versions of the
timed essay based on one poetry selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).
2. TSW perform under testing conditions sample versions of the timed essay based on one short prose selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).
3. TSW perform under testing conditions sample versions of the open-ended timed essay based on one poetry selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).
4. TSW perform under testing constraints sample versions of the multiple-choice section, reflecting on their score, identifying the different types of questions and their performance on the different types, and by demonstrating use of multiple-choice test-taking strategies (i.e. elimination, when to guess, etc.).
5. TSW use the 9-point (essay) rubric to score their own work and the work of their peers, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses.
6. TSW manage their time so that they can successfully complete 3 essays in 2 hours and 50-60 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour.
7. TSW become familiar with the test directions, parameters, scoring rubric, and methods used to determine the final score.
8 . TSW use sample essay responses and peer scoring to norm the 9-point (essay) rubric.
9. TSW review the major themes, literary devices, and literary time periods/movements previously covered in the main texts so that they have a “working vocabulary” to use under timed testing conditions.
Class is officially over! Congratulations!
Welcome to our AP Literature and Composition page!
Monday we will begin our Socratic Seminar Week. Each of you will be required to discuss, in a SS format, a [[#|work]] of Literature which we have studied this year. This will prepare you for debates, coming in the next two weeks. Thais will begin on Monday with a SS over Kate Chopin's A Story Of An Hour.
Three days until " T" day! Today we will focus on every essay, both prose and poetry, that have ever appeared on the AP Lit Exam! We will look at WH Auden's poem, Law, Like Love, and respond in class. POEM
Essay Questions from AP Central: Write 3 essays from any of the [[#|free]] response questions listed, and email to me on Sunday evening.
Current Unit EO9 TSW'sCompleted Unit 10-
1. The Student Will perform under testing conditions sample versions of the
2. TSW perform under testing conditions sample versions of the timed essay based on one short prose selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).
3. TSW perform under testing conditions sample versions of the open-ended timed essay based on one poetry selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).
4. TSW perform under testing constraints sample versions of the multiple-choice section, reflecting on their score, identifying the different types of questions and their performance on the different types, and by demonstrating use of multiple-choice test-taking strategies (i.e. elimination, when to guess, etc.).
5. TSW use the 9-point (essay) rubric to score their own work and the work of their peers, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses.
6. TSW manage their time so that they can successfully complete 3 essays in 2 hours and 50-60 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour.
7. TSW become familiar with the test directions, parameters, scoring rubric, and methods used to determine the final score.
8 . TSW use sample essay responses and peer scoring to norm the 9-point (essay) rubric.
9. TSW review the major themes, literary devices, and literary time periods/movements previously covered in the main texts so that they have a “working vocabulary” to use under timed testing conditions.